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20:53, 3 July 2012 Takiyama C(Musashi).layout.jpg (file) 88 KB Layout of Takiyama Castle 滝山城 Hachiôji (Musashi). From pamphlet put out by Tokyo Park Commission. (Picked up June 2012.)
20:50, 3 July 2012 Takiyama C (Musashi).central layout.jpg (file) 66 KB Central section of Takiyama Castle 滝山城 in Hachiôji (Musashi). Sign on site (June 2012)
20:48, 3 July 2012 Takiyama C (Musashi).view from.jpg (file) 110 KB View of Tama and Akigawa Rivers from honmaru of Takiyama Castle 滝山城 in Hachiôji (Musashi) Photo by Bethetsu.
20:44, 3 July 2012 Takatsuki C (Musashi).view.jpg (file) 37 KB Takatsuki Castle location 高月城 Hachiôji City (Musashi) (Photo by Bethetsu)
00:43, 15 October 2010 Shang.CyclicalDates.jpg (file) 67 KB An Shang-period oracle bone from the late 2nd millennium BC. The character 癸 is the big X. One can clearly see three cyclical day dates of the divination, R to L followed by 卜"divine". The dates are 癸酉、癸未、癸巳.
00:39, 13 October 2010 YearDates.jpg (file) 62 KB 1610,1712,1387,2005,1724,1418,1610
04:51, 22 March 2009 Yumoto.Go-Hojo.graves.jpg (file) 55 KB Grave of the five Hôjô lords, plus Ujitsugu (far left), established in 1672 in Sôunji, Yumoto.
08:10, 12 February 2009 Hamura Seki.JPG (file) 63 KB Reverted to earlier revision
07:31, 12 February 2009 Edo.well.model.jpg (file) 39 KB The underground water system involved various technical devices.
07:29, 12 February 2009 Edo.Well.Diagram.jpg (file) 76 KB Ordinary people in Edo accessed the water brought through the waterways by wells.
07:26, 12 February 2009 Hamura.Tamagawa Josui.JPG (file) 62 KB The Tama-gawa Waterway near its source. Shortly, much of the water will be diverted to various areas as part of the Tokyo Water System.
05:07, 12 February 2009 Hamura Seki.jpg (file) 63 KB Hamura Weir. The gates on the left take water from the Tama River to the Tamagawa Waterway.
04:45, 12 February 2009 Inokashira.Ochanomizu.jpg (file) 105 KB Ochanomizu Spring in Inokashira Park, the source of the Kanda River. It is said Ieyasu often used water from here for tea when he was hawking near here.
04:42, 12 February 2009 Kanda Gawa.jpg (file) 72 KB The Kanda River was part of the early Edo water system
22:58, 28 September 2008 Hachioji.Matsuki view.JPG (file) 111 KB View from Matsuki Circuit (Kuruwa) On 1590/6/23 Maeda Toshiie's troops attacked and overwhelmed this circuit, which was defended by Nakayama Kageyu Ienori.
02:02, 7 May 2008 HachiojiC.honnomaru.JPG (file) 247 KB The flat top of the mountain where the hon-maru was is only about eight meters in diameter.
02:00, 7 May 2008 HachiojiC.hillside.JPG (file) 262 KB The steep sides of the mountain were also fortified with stonework.
01:58, 7 May 2008 HachiojiC.stonework.JPG (file) 207 KB  
01:50, 7 May 2008 HachiojiC.diagram.JPG (file) 208 KB Diagram of the castle as it was in the 16th century, viewed from the south. The approach was from the right. The residential area was at the bottom right. The Hon-maru was at the top of the mountain, with the Matsuki Circuit 松木曲輪 just below it.
01:46, 7 May 2008 HachiojiC.Shiroyama.JPG (file) 212 KB Shiroyama ("Castle Mountain") seen from the east
21:14, 27 March 2008 Yashima.fromMaejima.jpg (file) 21 KB Yashima, the flat-topped land in the center, seen from the NE
06:49, 23 September 2007 Toyotomi mon.jpg (file) 8 KB Toyotomi crest from S-A list
23:53, 12 September 2007 Takamatsu(Bitchu).Mt Ishii.jpg (file) 13 KB Mt. Ishii, where Hideyoshi's HQ were, viewed from Takamatsu Castle site
23:51, 12 September 2007 Takamatsu(Bitchu).Kubizuka.jpg (file) 16 KB Burial mound for Shimizu Muneharu's head
04:47, 23 July 2007 NumataCstl.Cherry c1600.jpg (file) 26 KB Cherry tree from about 1600 on the grounds on Numata Castle.